Heads Up Holdem with a handicap against ultimate calling station

[Girchuck]

My friend who is much better than me HU proposed a wierd HU variation to me.
He promised to never bet, raise or fold. Only check and call.
In exchange, I have to agree to the following handicaps:

1) There is an ante which is the size of a BB
2) He always pays the BB
3) I may not raise preflop, only call his BB or fold.
4) The turn bet is the same size as the flop bet.
5) I may not bet on the river.
6) If I don't fold preflop, I have to pay a dead blind which is X times the ante.

He insists that if X = 1, the game is fair.
Would I be a sucker to play this game with X = 1?

[Gonso]

Will medium+ stacks this is pretty awesome for you in NLHE. I assume you're referring to LHE though - in which case this resembles a table game.

[Gonso]

Assuming the blinds are $.5/$1, is the bet size for the flop/turn fixed at $1, or is it $2?

From there just calculate out optimum strategy based on ranges... and see if it's +EV for you or not.

[creedofhubris]

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My friend who is much better than me HU proposed a wierd HU variation to me.
He promised to never bet, raise or fold. Only check and call.
In exchange, I have to agree to the following handicaps:

1) There is an ante which is the size of a BB
2) He always pays the BB
3) I may not raise preflop, only call his BB or fold.
4) The turn bet is the same size as the flop bet.
5) I may not bet on the river.
6) If I don't fold preflop, I have to pay a dead blind which is X times the ante.

He insists that if X = 1, the game is fair.
Would I be a sucker to play this game with X = 1?

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Just play against yourself for a few hours and find out.